Event First English Civil War

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Was a civil war in England and Wales that opposed the Royalists (that believed in the in the superiority of the king over the parliament) and the Parliamentarians (that wanted a constitutional monarchy). The war was won by the Parliamentarians who imposed a constitutional monarchy on king Charles I. The refusal of the king to make concession caused the Second English Civil War.

Chronology

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  • January 1644: Battle of Nantwich.
  • December 1643: Second Battle of Middlewich.
  • November 1642: Royalist forces sacked Brentford.
  • April 1644: Battle of Selby.
  • May 1646: The Parlamentarians captured Exeter and Barnstaple in April.
  • June 1646: Siege of Newark.
  • December 1642: Storming of Farnham Castle.
  • June 1644: Battle of Oswestry.
  • April 1644: Siege of Wardour Castle.
  • July 1645: Battle of Langport.
  • January 1644: Siege of Arundel.
  • January 1643: Battle of Braddock Down.
  • July 1645: Great Siege of Scarborough Castle.
  • March 1647: Harlech Castle in Wales held out until 13 March 1647 but then surrendered to the Parlamentarians.
  • May 1645: Battle of Auldearn.
  • May 1644: Siege of Lincoln.
  • September 1645: Battle of Rowton Heath.
  • August 1645: Battle of Kilsyth.
  • June 1645: Leicester was recovered by Parliament.
  • May 1643: Battle of Stratton.
  • February 1645: Battle of Weymouth.
  • February 1646: Battle of Torrington.
  • July 1645: Battle of Alford.
  • September 1645: Siege of Bristol.
  • June 1645: The Royalist forces surrendered at Truro in Cornwall.
  • July 1646: Siege of Oxford.
  • December 1642: Fairfax was defeated at the Battle of Tadcaster on 6 December and both Leeds and Pontefract Castle were captured.
  • July 1643: After a three-day siege, Gainsborough surrendered to the Royalists.
  • August 1642: In 1642, Charles I declared war on Parliament, sparking the English Civil War.
  • December 1642: Siege of Chichester.
  • July 1643: Battle of Burton Bridge.
  • May 1643: The Parlamentarians captured Wakefield.
  • September 1644: Battle of Aberdeen (1644).
  • April 1643: Siege of Jerusalem.
  • July 1643: Storming of Bristol.
  • November 1645: Siege of Basing House.
  • November 1642: Prince Rupert swept down the Thames Valley, capturing Abingdon, Aylesbury and Maidenhead.
  • July 1643: Cromwell rode into Gainsborough.
  • October 1644: Siege of Myitkyina.
  • October 1642: King Charles I was greeted by cheering crowds as he arrived in Oxford.
  • September 1645: Battle of Philiphaugh.
  • August 1642: In 1642, Charles I declared war on Parliament, sparking the English Civil War.
  • May 1645: The Royalists stormed the Parliamentarian town of Leicester.
  • December 1645: Siege of Lathom House.
  • December 1642: Battle of Tadcaster.
  • January 1643: Battle of Leeds.
  • April 1643: Siege of Reading.
  • February 1645: Battle of Inverlochy.
  • September 1644: Battle of Tippermuir.
  • July 1644: York is besieged by the Parlamentarians.
  • February 1646: Siege of Chester.
  • July 1646: Siege of Waterford.
  • January 1646: Fall of Hereford in December 1645.
  • September 1642: Siege of Portsmouth.
  • October 1642: After the Battle of Edgehill, King Charles I captured Banbury.
  • September 1642: Battle of Powick Bridge.
  • April 1646: Siege of High Ercall Hall.
  • May 1644: Bolton massacre.
  • June 1645: Siege of Carlisle (1644).